This inventory includes The University of Tennessee, Knoxville main campus and agricultural campus - both of which are under the jurisdiction of the university Chancellor's office. It does not include UT Athletics, The College of Veterinary Medicine, the Space Institute in Tullahoma, the Health Science Center in Memphis, or the Institute of Agriculture.

Version 6 of the Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator was selected because of its availability, user friendliness, and suitability for use by higher education institutions.

IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (2007)

** FY09 emissions estimates updated on 1/5/12 to match assumptions, methodologies of FY10 inventory **

This fiscal year 2008-09 inventory update was conducted during summer and fall 2009 by UT Knoxville sustainability manager Gordie Bennett. In completing the inventory, Mr. Bennett adopted many of the same procedures and conventions that alumnus Leslie Chinery established when she completed the university's first-ever greenhouse gas emissions inventory in 2007. One major difference between this inventory and previous inventories is the fuel mix assumed for purchased electricity. Previously, this fuel mix was assumed to be equal to the average for the Tennessee Valley region. However, this year's inventory assumes fuel mixes reported by TVA, our local utility.

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AIR TRAVEL:
Fiscal year 2008-09 air travel assumed to be same as that recorded for fiscal year 2007-08. For that year, air travel emissions represented less than 1 percent of total emissions.

SOLID WASTE:
Landfilled waste tonnage prior to fiscal year 2004-05 does not include construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Assume all C&D waste sent to landfill where there is no methane recovery.

For all years (1990-91 thru 2008-09), neither asbestos nor fly ash is included in landfilled waste tonnages.

Solid waste data available back to fiscal year 1992-93 - the year when state law required such accounting. Data for fiscal years 1990-92 and 1991-29 were assumed to be the same as that estimated for fiscal year 1992-93.

REFRIGERANTS:
Data available back to fiscal year 1997-98. Data for fiscal years 1990-91 thru 1996-97 assumed to equal the average amount of each refrigerant purchased during FY 1997-2008.

It is not possible to separate refrigerants used to refill leaks from refrigerants used for new units.

COMMUTING:
Assume summer school student commuting patterns (miles traveled, travel mode, etc.) are the same as those of regular school students.

Assume that faculty/staff automobiles get the same MPG as student
automobiles.

Assume that on-campus students go to school full time.

Assume bus commuters travel to campus the same number of days per year and have the same commuting distance as personal vehicle/carpool commuters.

Assume students and faculty commute 5 days per week.

Assume summer school students and faculty commute 5 days per week.

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The Student Environmental Initiatives Fee funds the purchase of 3,000 150 kWh blocks per month of green power from the Tennessee Valley Authority/Knoxville Utilities Board Green Power Switch Program. An additional 375 blocks are purchased directly by the university. Finally, the campus-based Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment began purchasing 125 blocks in October 2008 (3/4 of the year). In total, these 3,500 blocks generated 6,243,750 kWh of green power during fiscal year 2008-09.

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